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UNCAF Interclub Cup

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UNCAF Interclub Cup
Organizer(s)UNCAF
Founded1999
Abolished2007
RegionCentral America
Teams16
Last champion(s)Honduras Motagua
(1st title)
Most championshipsHonduras Olimpia
Guatemala Municipal
Costa Rica Alajuelense
(2 titles each)
Websiteuncafut.com

The UNCAF Interclub Cup was an annual international football competition held in the UNCAF region (Central America). The competition was open to the leading domestic club teams in the region. The winners of each national league qualified automatically. It also provided qualification places for the CONCACAF Champions' Cup, to which the top three teams advanced. Starting in 2008, all of the Central American nations have one or two teams qualifying directly to the expanded CONCACAF Champions League, thus this tournament ceased to be played.

This tournament replaced former friendly competitions such as the Copa Fraternidad (1971–1983) and the Torneo Grandes de Centroamérica (1996–1998).

In 2016, a new women's tournament was introduced.

All-time table

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  • From 1999 to 2007, only top 10 showing.
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Costa Rica Alajuelense 57 31 16 10 118 47 +71 109
2 Honduras Olimpia 54 29 14 11 87 39 +48 101
3 Costa Rica Saprissa 53 28 14 11 82 47 +35 98
4 Guatemala Municipal 44 22 12 10 93 42 +51 78
5 Honduras Motagua 24 11 7 6 30 25 +5 40
6 Guatemala Comunicaciones 36 11 7 18 56 59 −3 40
7 El Salvador FAS 23 12 3 8 55 26 +29 39
8 Honduras Real España 16 6 6 4 28 20 +8 24
9 Panama Árabe Unido 18 7 3 8 39 32 +7 24
10 Costa Rica Puntarenas 12 6 4 2 21 7 +14 22
Source: [citation needed]

Results

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Season Champions Runner-up Third Fourth
1999 Honduras Olimpia Costa Rica Alajuelense Costa Rica Saprissa Guatemala Comunicaciones
No final match was held. The championship was decided by a final round.
2000 Honduras Olimpia Costa Rica Alajuelense Honduras Real España Guatemala Municipal
No final match was held. The championship was decided by a final round.
2001 Guatemala Municipal Costa Rica Saprissa Honduras Olimpia Guatemala Comunicaciones
No final match was held. The championship was decided by a final round.
2002 Costa Rica Alajuelense Panama Árabe Unido Honduras Motagua Guatemala Comunicaciones
No final match was held. The championship was decided by a final round.
2003 Costa Rica Saprissa Guatemala Comunicaciones Costa Rica Alajuelense Guatemala Municipal
One leg: Comunicaciones 2–3 Saprissa.
2004 Guatemala Municipal Costa Rica Saprissa Honduras Olimpia El Salvador FAS
No final match was held. The championship was decided by a final round.
2005 Costa Rica Alajuelense Honduras Olimpia Costa Rica Saprissa Costa Rica Pérez Zeledón
1st leg: Olimpia 0–1 Alajuelense; 2nd leg: Alajuelense 0–1 Olimpia; Alajuelense 4–2 on penalties.
2006 Costa Rica Puntarenas Honduras Olimpia Guatemala Marquense Honduras Victoria
1st leg: Puntarenas 3–2 Olimpia; 2nd leg: Olimpia 1–0 Puntarenas; Puntarenas 3–1 on penalties.
2007 Honduras Motagua Costa Rica Saprissa Guatemala Municipal Costa Rica Alajuelense
1st leg: Saprissa 1–1 Motagua; 2nd leg: Motagua 1–0 Saprissa.

By club

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Club Winners Runners-up Years won Years runner-up
Honduras Olimpia 2 2 1999, 2000 2005, 2006
Costa Rica Alajuelense 2 2 2002, 2005 1999, 2000
Guatemala Municipal 2 0 2001, 2004
Costa Rica Saprissa 1 3 2003 2001, 2004, 2007
Costa Rica Puntarenas 1 0 2006
Honduras Motagua 1 0 2007

By country

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Nation Winners Runners-up Winning clubs Runner-up clubs
Costa Rica 4 5 Alajuelense (2), Saprissa (1), Puntarenas (1) Saprissa (3), Alajuelense (2)
Honduras 3 2 Olimpia (2), Motagua (1) Olimpia (2)
Guatemala 2 0 Municipal (2)

Women's tournament

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In 2016, the Central American Football Union revived the competition by inaugurating a tournament open to women's clubs. Costa Rican side Moravia obtained the first tournament contested in Costa Rica.[1] As opposed to the men's cup, this tournament is played in a fixed host.

See also

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References

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